Explosion of tries is turning into a circus

By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed

Some of us remember “Mr Creosote”, the Monty Python character who, after a light dinner of pate, shellfish, frogs’ legs, caviar, jugged hare with a cream and Grand Marnier sauce, a superabundance of egg dishes, another helping of pate, half a dozen bottles of claret, a Methuselah of bubbly, enough brown ale to float an ocean-going liner and a single wafer-thin mint, finally reaches breaking point… and explodes, all over the restaurant. That was in 1983. Today’s equivalent? The Premiership.
Last weekend, we saw 39 tries in five matches. You do not need a F...

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